Passage 7

In English

Win God's grace through love

wanted to teach the supreme greatness of some human qualities of which she was not aware. He brought about a situation in which was to be weighed in a balance and reacquired by by offerings in the other balance. All her jewels and wealth could not tilt the balance in her favour. Ultimately she prayed to to come to her rescue. came, prayed to , saying that "if it is true that God submits himself to a devotee who offers with love a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water, let my leaf turn the scales against ." The esoteric meaning of this prayer is that the body should be considered as a leaf, the heart as a flower, virtue as fruit and the tears of joy flowing from the devotee's eyes as the water offered to the Divine in a spirit of complete surrender. Tears should be shed only for God and not for anyone else. Whatever one's grief one should not shed tears. Tears may flow out of joy or enthusiasm or ecstasy, but not from a feeling of sorrow. enacted the entire scene to demonstrate to what glorious qualities possessed and the greatness of her devotion. He told : "The Lord will not succumb to wealth. He will yield only to goodness. is a supremely good woman. Follow her example." In this manner humbled 's pride. Man is endowed with limitless, latent abilities, which will manifest themselves at the appropriate moment. Every devotee has these unseen and unknown abilities. Man contains within himself all the powers and all the substances that exist anywhere in the cosmos. All objects in the world, including gold and diamonds, derive their value from man. Man is more valuable than all the things of the world. Unfortunately, today5 the human being, who is inherently divine, is devalued and degraded. Human values are born with man. They are not got from outside. Man in his ignorance is not aware of these values. When man sheds his ignorance, he will experience his divine nature.